Category Archives: renovations

One of the things that has held us back from painting the house all these years has been a general lack of direction on house colours. To be perfectly honest, I’ve always seen the house as a buttery yellow with … Continue reading →

House photos, before paintingOriginally uploaded by emira Every year, since we bought our beloved but ramshackle domcile we have talked about painting it. Not only is the retro 50s industrial minty green colour neither of our first choice, the siding … Continue reading →

Closet before (with Pluto)Originally uploaded by emira I know that for most of my readers out there in internet land early July is all about the July 4th Independence Day holiday, but up here in Canada we take our July … Continue reading →

I'm not sure if it's quite as simple as the influence of that unreasonably dreamy walk-in closet in the Sex and the City Movie, or if it's just that we've finally reached our cumulative breaking point in trying to live … Continue reading →

  Miss P’s Room    Originally uploaded by emira I don’t know how many eleven year olds your in current contact with, but Miss P seems to me to have pretty much everything a girl could want. For her birthday … Continue reading →

  table & bench    Originally uploaded by emira. We’re three strips of quarter round away from finishing the kitchen now. (With the exception of our Ikea drawer fronts which still have not arrived, but that’s out of my hands … Continue reading →

  my personal kitchen party    Originally uploaded by emira. The trouble with working full time (and sometimes a bit more than full time) and renovating is that it leaves no time for blogging. Perhaps I just need to get … Continue reading →

  On goes the paint    Originally uploaded by emira. After our Thursday night of less than happy couple time renovations, last night was perhaps a welcome split shift renovation evening. I come home from work and sanded all the … Continue reading →